Those of you familiar with The Lord of the Rings (films or novels) probably hold a special place in your hearts for Hobbiton, a small town in The Shire. I know I do. How can you not fall in love with a town that is so ecologically in tune with the world that it builds houses inside of hills instead of on top of them?

Take a look of this video from the movie set of Hobbiton (located in New Zealand):

Most of us have played Jenga. If you’re not familiar with it, the rules are quite simple. You start with a tower made of wooden blocks. On each turn, a player has to remove a block from somewhere in the tower and replace it on the top of the tower. The first person to tip the tower loses. >> READ MORE

The edifice you see above is La Grande Arche de la Défense in the business district of Paris, France. The product of a design competition in 1982 (and completed in 1989), this 361-foot tall nearly perfect cube is the home of government offices on two sides. The roof housed an exhibition center until an elevator accident in 2010, following which the area was closed to the public.

When it comes to a home, I think I’m like most of us: I want something that I can never have. I want something that is not only functional, but also insanely unique, over-the-top comfortable, and just plain cool. A home is a place where you’re going to spend most of your waking time — so it should be something that you’re in love with, somewhere you look forward to being. But, just to reiterate, it should be cool.

Take this home, for example; it’s sort of a combination of travel and destination:

Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan just lowered the price of his Malibu, California home to a smooth $3,500,000 – that’s $400,000 less than the original asking price.

What does it have to offer? A secret tunnel, or two? An underground headquarters for submarine cars, jetpacks, and other high-tech James Bond gear such as a pen that shoots explosive darts (one of my favorites)?